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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Van Herck, Paul
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1963-2009
Number of games
:
104
Number of wins
:
25
Number of draws
:
38
Number of losses
:
41
White score
:
23/55 (41.82% - Average Elo: 2022.14)
Black score
:
21/49 (42.86% - Average Elo: 2104.75)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Van Herck, Paul (2116) - Luyckx, Wim (1983), BEL-ch op, Geel (C44) - 1996
Van Herck, Paul (2102) - Baete, Guy (1912), Antwerp League-ch Series A, Mechelen (D15) - 1993
Van Herck, Paul (2007) - Lesage, C (1902), Brasschaat op 02nd, Brasschaat (C31) - 2002
Campanella, Dominique (2062) - Van Herck, Paul (2116), BEL-ch op, Geel (C95) - 1996
Cleuren, Freddy (1977) - Van Herck, Paul (2064), Brasschaat op 02nd, Brasschaat (E60) - 2002
Theys, Freddy (1937) - Van Herck, Paul (2102), Antwerp League-ch Series A, Mechelen (B08) - 1993
Van Herck, Paul - ? (54)
Colijn, Stefan (½/2)
Aerts, Eddy (½/1)
Aijala, Jorma (0/1)
Avontuur, Theo (1/1)
Baert, Andy (½/1)
Baete, Guy (1/1)
Broomes, Gordon (½/1)
Busschots, Johan (½/1)
Campeert, Julien (½/1)
Cankja, Redi (0/1)
Capece, Adolivio (½/1)
Cederquist, Lars Gosta (½/1)
Conings, Jos (½/1)
Cools, Gorik (½/1)
Criel, Edouard J (0/1)
De Busschere, Helmut (1/1)
De Wachter, Matthias (0/1)
Deceuninck, Serge (½/1)
Ducarmon, Quinten (½/1)
Eichhorn, Ernst1 (0/1)
Foulon, Greta (0/1)
Gelens, Jules (1/1)
Gillain, Nicolas (½/1)
Huebner, Robert (0/1)
Johansson, Gunnar1 (0/1)
Kooyman, Marcel (1/1)
Krukowski, Meir (0/1)
Lesage, C (1/1)
Luyckx, Wim (1/1)
Mauquoy, Paul (0/1)
Monaville, Guy (½/1)
Nathans, Peter (½/1)
Noorda, Sybold J (0/1)
Postler, Reinhard (0/1)
Sarrau, Jelle (1/1)
Schneider, Lars Ake (0/1)
Schuermans, Robert (½/1)
Sinke, Wim (1/1)
Sloth, Jorn (0/1)
Trevelyan, John (0/1)
Van Belle (0/1)
Van Damme, Henri (½/1)
Van den Brande, Werner (0/1)
Van den Driessche, Adrie (½/1)
Van der Stricht, Geert (0/1)
Van Goethem, Jozef (½/1)
Van Hoofstat, Tom (½/1)
Van Soom, Herman (0/1)
Vanderhallen, Nicolas (1/1)
Vanderwegen, Philippe (½/1)
Verbert, John (1/1)
Verhulst, Tobias (1/1)
Vreeken, Cees (½/1)
Wostyn, Hendrik (0/1)
? - Van Herck, Paul (48)
Penson, Thierry (½/2)
Al Hamido, Abdullah (1/1)
Antunac, Goran (0/1)
Beckers, Paul (1/1)
Braspenning, Rudy (0/1)
Campanella, Dominique (1/1)
Cleuren, Freddy (1/1)
Cools, Erik (½/1)
De Cock, Cesar (1/1)
De Hert, Robert (½/1)
De Nys, Robert (1/1)
De Schampheleire, Glen (0/1)
Decleir, Walter (½/1)
Demarre, Jacques (0/1)
Docx, Stefan (0/1)
Doossche, Carlo (1/1)
Dutreeuw, Marc (0/1)
Everaert, Eric (½/1)
Goethals, Fernand (½/1)
Grajeda Perez, Jose Carlos (½/1)
Grant, Enos (1/1)
Harris, Ronald A (0/1)
Hartoch, Robert G (0/1)
Helms, Pierre (1/1)
Heukels, Wim (1/1)
Hoogstijns, Raf (0/1)
Hristodorescu, Daniel (½/1)
Illi, Hans Joerg (0/1)
In't Groen, Erik (½/1)
Krasenkow, Michal (0/1)
Lekander, Rolf Ake (1/1)
Maes, Wim (0/1)
Milbers, Paul (½/1)
Petersen, Hans (½/1)
Radford, Michael (½/1)
Rajkovic, Dusan (0/1)
Ringoir, Tanguy (½/1)
Scholl, Eddie C (0/1)
Schuermans, Robert (0/1)
Steenbekkers, Franck (½/1)
Theys, Freddy (1/1)
Tonoli, Jose (½/1)
Van den Brande, Werner (0/1)
Van Seters, Frits (0/1)
Van Vlaenderen, Koen (0/1)
Vanderwaeren, Serge (0/1)
Vandezande, Albert (1/1)
Wouters, Tim (½/1)
Openings played as White (45)
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/5 = 10%
D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1949.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2161
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
1549
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
B53 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4)
Average Elo:
2351
Result:
½/2 = 25%
A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Re8)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1858
Result:
2/2 = 100%
E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3)
Average Elo:
2150
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
1861
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System (1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
1911
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5)
Average Elo:
1991
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2187
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
1825
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A34 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2265
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5)
Average Elo:
2201
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C56 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
1948
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
1887
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1817
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4)
Average Elo:
1993
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
1902
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1983
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C82 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C49 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E03 Catalan, Open (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4)
Average Elo:
2430
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
2175
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A58 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5)
Average Elo:
2226
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D55 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D52 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1813
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1999
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E92 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5)
Average Elo:
1846
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C34 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (42)
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/3 = 0%
E81 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2297
Result:
0/2 = 0%
E97 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6)
Average Elo:
1894
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B08 Pirc, Classical (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2094.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4)
Average Elo:
2243.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B97 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A58 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A02 Bird's Opening (1.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C43 Petrov, Modern Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4)
Average Elo:
2300
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C83 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6)
Average Elo:
2535
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5)
Average Elo:
1897
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A84 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2081
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo:
1729
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1932
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2)
Average Elo:
2267
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C58 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5)
Average Elo:
2305
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo:
1977
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
1600
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C33 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4)
Average Elo:
2321
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A65 Benoni, 6.e4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4)
Average Elo:
1616
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6)
Average Elo:
1937
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C26 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3)
Average Elo:
2239
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7)
Average Elo:
2156
Result:
0/1 = 0%